Angolan dentex
Dentex angolensis Poll & Maul, 1953
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Dentex angolensis Poll & Maul, 1953
- Name authority
- Poll & Maul, 1953
- Common name
- Angolan dentex
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Family
- Sparidae
- Genus
- Dentex
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- familySparidae Rafinesque, 1818
- genusDentex Cuvier, 1814
- speciesDentex angolensis Poll & Maul, 1953
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Dentex. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Yellowfin sea breamDentex abei Iwatsuki, Akazaki & Taniguchi, 2007 | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dentex canariensis Steindachner, 1881 | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Congo dentexDentex congoensis Poll, 1954 | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| common dentexDentex dentex (Linnaeus, 1758) | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Morocco dentexDentex maroccanus Valenciennes, 1830 | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dentex spariformis Ogilby, 1910 | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dentex carpenteri Iwatsuki, Newman & Russell, 2015 | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dentex barnardi Cadenat, 1970 | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dentex gibbosus (Rafinesque, 1810) | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dentex hypselosomus Bleeker, 1854 | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dentex macrophthalmus (Bloch, 1791) | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Dentex polli Roux, 1954 Roux, 1954 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Poll, M., & Maul, G. E. (1953). Description de Dentex angolensis, espèce nouvelle d’une grande importance économique, de la côte occidentale d’Afrique tropicale. Bulletin de l’Institut Royal Des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 29 (49): 1–7. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:34TSS. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.